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I guess I wouldn’t be doing this blog justice if I didn’t get into this latest story involving TCU head coach Gary Patterson. According to a story in the American Medical News, Coach Patterson berated TCU team physician Dr. Sam Haraldson on the sideline during the game at SMU for denying Ed Wesley’s return back into the game due to a concussion.

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Dr. Haraldson told amednews.com that he "was verbally accosted by the coach, screaming at me insanely at the top of his lungs that he doesn't think [Wesley] has a concussion and what right do I have to hold him out."

Haraldson issued this statement Wednesday night: "TCU takes tremendous pride in the care it provides its student-athletes. Coach Patterson wasn't aware of the full details of the incident, and I take responsibility for that. We sat down and talked it over, and it's all been worked out. I apologized to Coach Patterson, and he apologized to me."

TCU Athletic Director Chris Del Conte issued this statement:

"Let's be clear -- we had a misunderstanding on the sideline during a very emotional football game," TCU athletics director Chris Del Conte said in a statement. "Dr. Haraldson has explained that all the full details, at the time, had not been communicated to Coach Patterson. Both Dr. Haraldson and Coach Patterson have apologized to each other and we've moved forward. We consider the matter closed."

I can’t sit here and defend Coach Patterson yelling at the doctor. I am pretty sure the doctor isn’t trying to sabotage the team or anything. He is strictly looking out for the players. I also can’t sit here and not criticize Dr. Haraldson for going public with this story. I thought doctors were supposed to keep information a little bit more confidential, but apparently not.

I applaud the Dr. Haraldson for sticking to his guns and doing his job, and I think this story shines a bad light on Coach Patterson. Hopefully this is the only time an incident like this has occurred.